Form 990 for tax year 2024

Totals

Total revenue

$959,037

Total expenses

$885,553

Contributions and grants received

$974,448

Grants paid

$159,723

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$1,979

Other revenue

-$17,390

Total assets, end of year

$663,180

Total liabilities, end of year

$121,943

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$541,237

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$694,555

Management and general expenses

$168,615

Fundraising expenses

$22,383

Program service expenses (Part III)

$694,555

Program services were 78.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2024

• GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS MADE:THE SCHENECTADY FOUNDATION, INC. PROVIDES ADMINISTRATIVE AND OPERATING SUPPORT TO THE GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS OF THE SCHENECTADY FOUNDATION, INCLUDING THE CREATION OF GRANT APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES, PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO GRANT APPLICATIONS AND GRANTEES, REVIEWING AND EVALUATING APPLICATIONS, ENSURING DUE DILIGENCE AND FOLLOW-UP THROUGH GRANT REPORTING, TRACKING AND MANAGING GRANT CONDITIONS AND PAYMENTS.

  Expenses $168,328

• STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:SCHENECTADY FOUNDATION, INC. CARRIES OUT THE FOUNDATION'S PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.IN 2024, STRATEGIC INITIATIVES INCLUDED:1. FOOD SECURITY:A. SCHENECTADY COUNTY FOOD COUNCIL - THE FOOD COUNCIL CONTINUED TO WORK IN THREE KEY AREAS TO IMPROVE THE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEM: A.) ACCESS & EQUITY; B.) ADVOCACY & EMPOWERMENT; C.) AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMS. THE COUNCIL CONDUCTED MANY COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW RESIDENTS ARE EXPERIENCING FOOD INSECURITY, AND TO PRESENT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES ABOUT A VARIETY OF FOOD AND NUTRITION TOPICS.B. WEEKEND BACKPACK PROGRAM - THE PROGRAM PROVIDES WEEKEND MEALS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN SCHENECTADY COUNTY. DURING 2024 THERE WERE 200 STUDENTS SERVED.2. NEIGHBORHOODS:A. THRIVING NEIGHBORHOODS CHALLENGE PROJECTS, A PROGRAM SUPPORTING CITY OF SCHENECTADY RESIDENTS TO MAKE NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENTS, CONTINUED IN 2024. PROJECTS SUCH AS PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND CULTURAL/ EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS WERE ADVANCED BY THE COOPERATIVE WORK OF 85 VOLUNTEERS WITH THE RESULTING IMPROVEMENTS BENEFITING ALL CITY RESIDENTS (65,000).3. COMMUNITY-DRIVEN SYSTEMS CHANGE:A. THE ONE SCHENECTADY SYSTEMS CHANGE STRATEGY BEGAN IMPLEMENTATION IN 2024 WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COMMUNITY CHANGE COUNCIL COMPRISED OF RESIDENTS, AND GRASSROOTS AND GRASSTOPS LEADERS. THE CHANGE COUNCIL FOCUSED ITS EFFORTS ON HOUSING ISSUES WITHIN THE CITY, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN APP TO PROVIDE RENTERS WITH GREATER TRANSPARENCY AS TO CODE VIOLATIONS AND CONDITIONS AT RENTAL PROPERTIES. ONE SCHENECTADY SERVES THE ENTIRE COUNTY OF 150,000 PEOPLE BY CHANGING THE SYSTEMS THAT HAVE KEPT CURRENT SOCIETAL INEQUITIES IN PLACE.

  Expenses $526,227 · Grants $159,723

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• REGIONAL FOOD BANK OF NENY

  $60,000

  WEEKEND BACKPACK PROGRAM; SCSD FOOD PANTRIES

• SEAT CENTER

  $26,045

  NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGE PROJECTS - HAMILTON HILL PRIDE

• ALBANY BARN INC

  $17,824

  NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGE - LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD - SCH BLUE JAYS

• SCHENECTADY MUNICIPAL HOUSING AUTHORITY

  $16,837

  NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGE - DISC GOLF INSTALLATION STEINMERTZ PARK

• CAPITAL REGION LAND BANK

  $15,820

  NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGE - ENGINE HILL

• SYCAMORE COLLABORATIVE

  $10,000

  NEIGHBORHOOD CHALLENGE - PROJECT ASL PARK PROJECT WALLING FOR PARK

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

• THE SCHENECTADY FOUNDATION

  501(C)(3) · PROVIDING SUPPORT TO SCHENECTADY COUNTY · NY

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2024

Filed

9 October 2025

IRS schema version

2024v5.2

Source object

202512889349300726

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